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Collection of position papers and reports that includes those authored by alPHa and others that will be of particular interest to its members.

Item Name	Posted By	Date Posted
Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit PDF (4.79 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2015-02-19
2014 Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit was developed as a Locally-Driven Collaborative Project funded by Public Health Ontario. This tool kit identifies land use and development strategies that can help to enhance the rural built environment and contribute to positive quality of life and health outcomes. The tool kit brings a rural lens to issues that are often viewed from an urban perspective. Numerous examples and innovative practices from across the province are profiled. This tool kit recognizes many characteristics associated with rural communities including a low density population, a declining population in some areas, aging citizens, youth out-migration, rural land uses and an economy that is significantly different from that of urban Ontario.
Ontario Action Plan for Health Care 2015 PDF (5.09 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2015-02-02
Feb 2 2015 - new iteration of Ontario's Action Plan for Health Care, entitled "Patients First".
Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy 2014-2019 Link [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2014-09-04
September 4 2014 "Ontario’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy, Breaking the Cycle, released in 2008, demonstrates that a concerted focus on poverty reduction makes a difference. Ontario has already made significant progress towards reducing poverty in the province. But we recognize that this is a multi-faceted, complex problem. We need a sustained, comprehensive, flexible and results-driven approach. As we heard in our consultations, we need to recognize that poverty has many faces and that tackling this challenge requires a shared effort. The new Poverty Reduction Strategy — Realizing Our Potential — will expand our poverty reduction efforts to reach more vulnerable people and will continue to reduce poverty in Ontario."
2012 CMOH Annual Report: Old Foes, New Threats PDF (5.7 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2014-08-07
July 2014 - 2012 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, focusing on Ontario's readiness for infectious diseases.
Why Public Health? 2011 Election Brochure PDF (665.97 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2014-05-15
Summer 2011 - 2-page brief that was developed by alPHa to deliver key messages about the importance of public health to candidates in the 2011 election. These key messages remain applicable.
GTHA MOH Health by Design Report PDF (3.26 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2014-05-15
May 2014 report by Drs. David Mowat, Ninh Tran, Charles Gardner and David McKeown, Improving Health by Design in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area.
alPHa - OPHA Submission - Poverty Reduction PDF (182.48 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-11-19
October 15 2013 submission by the alPHa-OPHA Health Equity Working Group to inform the renewal of the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy.
alPHa Submission - Marketing / Menu Labelling PDF (214.46 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-11-18
November 15 2013 alPHa's written submission on the Minister's recent announcements to legislate menu labelling and restrict marketing to children.
Make No Little Plans - PH Sector Strategic Plan PDF (3.58 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-11-18
April 2013 Public Health Sector Strategic Plan, which lays out a 15 to 20 year vision, mission and values, as well as strategic goals and collective areas of focus for the next three to five years.
Report on the state of Public health in Canada PDF (2.95 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-10-24
October 2013 report of Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, which focuses on "Infectious Disease - The Never Ending Threat"
CIHI Report - Treatment of Cavities in Preschool PDF (1.03 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-10-18
2013 CIHI report of the prevalence and cost of treating preventable dental caries in children 1 - 5.
Public Health Ontario Strategic Plan 2014-2019 PDF (4.63 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-10-03
October 2013 - Public Health Ontario's five - year plan, entitled "Evidence, knowledge and action for a healthier Ontario"
Water Fluoridation - Health Equity Impacts PDF (856.92 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-09-12
September 2013 report by the Wellesley Institute: The Real Cost Of Removing Water Fluoridation - A Health Equity Impact Assessment. The report was produced as the result of a request from the alPHa-OPHA Health Equity Working Group.
Connecting the Dots: Child / Youth Mental Health Link [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-07-12
July 10 2013 report, Connecting the Dots: How Ontario Public Health Units are Addressing Child and Youth Mental Health. Final report of the research study conducted by CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre, Public Health Ontario and Toronto Public Health. Mental health is a key component of overall health and well being. However, the role of public health in mental health in Ontario has not been well-described. For instance, the Ontario Public Health Standards lack an explicit mandate to address mental health despite the obvious links with our core business of preventing illness and promoting health. The purpose of this research study was to understand how Ontario’s 36 public health units address and promote mental health in children and youth.
Dr. Samir Sinha - Living Longer, Living Well PDF (398.41 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-07-04
January 8, 2013 Living Longer, Living Well. Highlights and key recommendations from the report submitted to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Minister Responsible for Seniors on recommendations to inform a Seniors Strategy for Ontario by Dr. Samir K. Sinha, Provincial Lead, Ontario's Seniors Strategy.
Taking Action to Prevent Chronic Disease PDF (2.87 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-07-04
2012 joint report by Cancer Care Ontario and Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion(Public Health Ontario), which provides recommendations for a healthier Ontario.
No Time to Wait - The Healthy Kids Strategy PDF (1.31 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-06-14
March 2013 Report of the Healthy Kids Panel
alPHa - OPHA Report - Role of PH in CDP (fr) PDF (2.32 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2011 Rapport sur le role de la Sante Publique dans la prevention des maladies chroniques.
OPHA LHIN Position PDF (448.55 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2007 Discussion paper and related resolution regarding the Ontario Public Health Association's position on Public Health's relationship with Local Health Integration Networks
S 13 Orders & Second Hand Smoke PDF (508.15 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2004 - IN THE MATTER OF A HEARING UNDER SECTION 44 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, Chapter H.7
alPHa Summary Of The CRC Interim Report PDF (148.74 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2005 Summary of issues and options in strengthening local public health capacity as reported in the Local Capacity Review Committee's November 2005 Interim Report
Capacity Review Committee - Interim Report PDF (638.32 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2005 Interim report of the Capacity Review Committee
Expert Panel On Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak PDF (1.06 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
October 2005 Final report of the expert panel, which serves as a report on progress in renewing public health in Ontario since the SARS outbreak
Recommendations Ensure Food Safety Farmers' Market PDF (287.57 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
December 2005 Recommendations for practices and guidelines for food safety at farmers' markets and similar food distribution.
alPHa - OPHA Report - Role of Public Health in CDP PDF (2.6 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2011 - A summary of how Public Health mobilizes and engages partners within and across jurisdictions to maximize the impact of collective efforts to improve the health of Ontarians
alPHa - OMSSA - Best Start Child & Family Centres PDF (84.82 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
January 2010 Report on the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA) and the Association for Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) co-sponsored forum to explore the issues surrounding the creation of Best Start Child and Family Centres
alPHa-OPHA Report - SDOH (Francais) PDF (151.13 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
December 2010 French language Executive Summary of findings of an online survey of Ontario’s health units to map out the scope of local public health activities and needs in addressing health inequities, social determinants of health (SDOH) and/or poverty reduction
alPHa-OPHA Report - Activities to Address SDOH PDF (1.02 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
December 2010 - findings of an online survey of Ontario’s health units to map out the scope of local public health activities and needs in addressing health inequities, social determinants of health (SDOH) and/or poverty reduction
Staying Ahead of the Curve - Oral Health PDF (717.89 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
October 2012 - This report was compiled by a group of public health and dental health experts to examine the current status of, and various policy options for, publicly funded oral health care programs with the aim of maximizing efforts to maintain and improve the health of Ontarians.
Environmental Health Information System Survey PDF (1 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
Decemeber 2010 Abridged Report on a survey was sent to all health units’ environmental health departments to evaluate the data collection tools (Environmental Health Information Systems (EHISs), other software programs, and/or paper) being used by health units to collect information for various environmental health programs and business functions.
Enviro Health Info System Survey (Full Report) PDF (2.99 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
December 2010 Report on a survey was sent to all health units’ environmental health departments to evaluate the data collection tools (Environmental Health Information Systems (EHISs), other software programs, and/or paper) being used by health units to collect information for various environmental health programs and business functions.
Cadre stratégique et boîte à outils PDF (5.03 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2011 Un groupe de travail multisectoriel provincial est codirigé par les RLISS et les bureaux de santé publique. Ce groupe a créé un cadre de gestion intégrée pour la prévention des chutes aux échelles locale et provinciale en vue d’adopter une approche uniforme concernant la prévention des chutes dans toute la province.
Provincial Falls Prevention Framework & Toolkit PDF (4.23 MB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2011 - A multi-sector provincial working group that was co-led by the LHINs and public health has developed a framework for falls prevention at the local and provincial levels to ensure a consistent approach to preventing falls across the province.
alPHa Positions / HKP Recommendations PDF (596.42 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
May 16 2013 outline of various alPHa positions and statements as they relate to the recommendations of the Healthy Kids Panel. Presented in chart form, with hyperlinks to many of alPHa's related resolutions and correspondence.
Comparison Of alPHa / CRC Recommendations PDF (417.93 KB) [ more ] [ hide ]	Administration	2013-05-30
2006 Side-by-side comparison of the recommendations in the Final Report of the Capacity Review Committee with those found in alPHa's major position papers on public health system capacity.

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